RICHARDSON, ANTHONY

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1942

KEYWORDS: poetry military air force royal flight literature

SELASI, TAIYE

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: literature west african diaspora nigeria ghana

HAVERTY, ANNE

FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2000

KEYWORDS: william hazlitt sarah walker anne haverty historical fiction literature first edition

KING, EDWARD

Imperial octavo, full leather bound boards, ornate gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule & decoration to boards, aeg, illus eps, vii + 864pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, 3cm loss/chip to top spine extrem, moderate chafing to boards, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters- occasioanl prelim pg loose but still attached, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, moderate foxing to page edges but text block clear)

PUBLISHER: People's Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Europe travel literature exploration history social commentary Edward King collection prose writings

GORKY, MAXIM

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, octavo, patterned light card covers, black lettering to covers, 55pp, VG (moderate creasing, curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light foxing to covers & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, some light annotations in pencil to text- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Bradda Books 1965

KEYWORDS: text in Cyrillic Russian Maxim Gorky literature short stories collection

PUSHKIN, A. S. & TERRAS, VICTOR (Intro, Notes & Vocabulary)

INTRO IN ENGLISH - TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, octavo, patterned heavy boards, black lettering to yellow cloth spine, 142pp, frontispiece, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, some occasioanl annotation & underlining in pencil) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bradda Books 1966

KEYWORDS: text in Cyrillic Russian literature Alexander Pushkin

GORKY, MAXIM & KLEIN, KURT (Ed, Intro, Notes & Vocabulary) & GOETZ, IRA (Ed, Intro, Notes & Vocabulary)

INTRO IN ENGLISH, TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, octavo, patterened heavy boards, black lettering to cream cloth spine, frontispiece, 137pp, VG (light foxing & tanning to board edges, moderate chipping/insect damage to top board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy chafing & scuffing to spine with some surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, chipping & closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bradda Books 1966

KEYWORDS: text in cyrillic Russian literature Maxim Gorky

BOYNE, JOHN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, patterned light card covers, green lettering to spine, 216pp + extract of next novel, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Definitions 2014

KEYWORDS: signed John Boyne literature fiction novels

LEE, JOHN A.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 295pp + publisher's titles to rear, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1937

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels war John A Lee

PEDERSEN, MAGGIE CAMPBELL

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED ALSO INSCRIBED & SIGNED XMAS CARD FROM HER & SIGNED HOLOGRAPH NOTE ON NOTEPAD PAPER, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: NAG Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Maggie Campbell Pedersen signed travel literature ivory trade antiques crafts animals craft material history culture artefacts

SOOTHILL, LUCY & HOSIE, LADY (Fore)

Super octavo, light blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue chinese characters/lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 339pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to verso of ffep, 5cm closed tear to gutter of full title page, light cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1931

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration China culture history social commentary Lucy Soothill

MASON, MICHAEL H.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 299pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to full title page, light cracking to gutters, 3cm closed tear to edge of folding map) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1934

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature Michael H Mason North America Yukon Alaska

SCHLINK, BERNHARD & JANEWAY, CAROL BROWN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Pheonix House 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novels Bernhard Schlink

NESS, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 287pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, inkstamp & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition uncorrected proof copy literature fiction novels Patrick Ness

WASSMO, HERBJORG & CHRISTENSEN, NADIA (trans.)

Octavo softcover (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Black Swan 2001

KEYWORDS: herbjorg wassmo literature dina's book historical fiction

ELDRED-GRIGG, STEVAN & ELDRED-GRIGG, HUGH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white, brown & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 427pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges with some light occasional creasing)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii society history social commentary literature art

HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

SCARCE! Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 47pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & covers inc. edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Mammoth 1992

KEYWORDS: children's literature Herge cartoons humour humor Quick Flupke

WATSON, G. J.

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 326pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep, some pencil markings to margins throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row / Barnes & Noble 1979

KEYWORDS: Irish literature literary criticism Ireland culture cultural identity

MACDONALD, GEORGE & ALLEN, JAMES (Illus)

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 255pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue, illus/plates, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light scuffing to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontis, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1888

KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction George Macdonald

CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling with some light foxing)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition novels literature Barry Crump New Zealand Aoteaora writers authors humour humor